Sports Canada downed by U.S. at volleyball Nations League

07:06 11 june 2018

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This means that the Volleyball Canada Nationals event will be hosted in one city, and in one venue! The week will be broken down into two tournaments over the span of. NORCECA Women’ s Nations League Challenge Cup

Vollyeball Canada president and CEO Mark Eckert got on board in 2011. “I inherited the downs ,” he said. “We got out of the downs . The U . S . squad is ranked second. Twelve core teams and four challenger teams will battle to become Volleyball Nations League champion in a round-robin

For members of the Canadian men's volleyball team, the chance to play on home soil doesn't come very often, so the group wasn't feeling very good Sunday following a four-set loss to the U.S. at a Volleyball Nations League event in the country's capital.

"It's always fun when you get to play at home. You don't get the opportunity too much because we all play professionally overseas, so you don't get the opportunity to play in Canada very often," said Saskatoon native and longtime national team member Gavin Schmitt,

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The four challenger teams are: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada and South Korea. The Canadian women’ s team is not part of the Volleyball Nations League in 2018, but will compete in the affiliated Challenger League .

Canada took down the USA in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Pan-American Cup. There's A Lot To Like About This U . S . Men's National Team. View Full 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Coverage.

"Personally though, my performance wasn't very good. I think if I could have assisted a little better and had a little better level, then we would have had a better shot. We had trouble scoring out of position too, which allowed them to set up their block a little better, but we're not far off."

Canada took the opening set in Ottawa 25-23 but then struggled mightily in the second dropping it 25-13. The Americans took over the match and, except for a couple of hiccups in the final two sets, closed it out 25-19 and 25-20.

"We talked about trying to get off to a better start and we did a little bit, but we had a lot of scoring opportunities we didn't take advantage of in that first set," American coach John Speraw explained.

"I'm proud of the way we came back, so I think grit is the right word. It was super competitive, not super clean all the time and there were some referee calls that got everybody into it a little bit, but it all worked out."

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The U . S . Women's National Team has selected its 26-player preliminary roster for the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Nations League season that begins May 15-17 in Lincoln, Nebraska. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

This was the third weekend of pool play for the Volleyball Nations League with two more weekends to go before the finals portion begin in France. It is the inaugural season of the event.

Underwhelming weekend

Canada finished the weekend with a 1-2 record as they also fell 3-1 to Germany on Saturday after a three-set win over Australia on Friday night.

The top five of the 16 country-event along with host France will qualify for the finals running from July 4-8.

The Americans are currently tied for third with France at 7-2, while Canada sits tied with Italy in seventh at 5-4.

"We were expecting two wins [this weekend]. Germany is a good team. They serve very well and were able to hold their serve and that's the main reason we lost to them," Canadian coach Stephane Antiga said.

"Against the U.S, we were stronger and it was a much better game, but we still need to do some work, but we played batter toward the end of this competition."

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Ottawa, Canada , June 8, 2018 - Canada made it a fourth straight victory, this time in front of a welcoming crowd, as the men' s team beat Australia 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-19) in FIVB Volleyball Nations League action today.

OTTAWA — The Canadian men' s team had its win streak halted at four matches after falling to Germany in four sets on Saturday in Volleyball Nations League action. Germany fought off the home crowd to win: 25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 25-19 at TD Place. Canada suffered from sloppy play with 25 errors.

Canada defeated the U.S. 3-0 with set scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-23 in the opening round of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Americans went on to win a bronze medal, while Canada finished fifth.

"I don't think so. I think what plays into it is that these are two quality teams. When we're playing an inter-zone rival that's high quality like Canada, of course it gets pretty competitive and you have to bring your best level of focus and A game. To me the Olympics was a long time ago."

Canada will now move on to Varna, Bulgaria next weekend to face Brazil (8-1), Bulgaria (3-6) and France (7-2) in the second-to-last week of the competition.

"We know going in Brazil is, I think, still No. 1 in the world and France is top five," Schmitt said.

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